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Blue Notes · Umpire Grade2026-04-13

LAA @ NYY

Home plate: Ryan Additon

“One dugout got the friendlier version of the evening.”

B
Umpire Grade
92.1% accurate
1.3
Run Favor
runs, NYY
4
ABS Overturns
of 7 reviewed

What this shows — how Ryan Additon called the 214 pitches that were taken (no swing), graded against the tracked rulebook strike zone. He got 197 right. Below, only his misses are plotted, alongside every pitch the ABS (Automated Ball-Strike System) reviewed on a challenge.

The zone, as he called it

Challenge 1: Nolan Schanuel — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).1Challenge 2: Logan O'Hoppe — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled ball (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).2Challenge 3: Yoán Moncada — the ump called it a strike, the robot ruled strike (upheld — ump confirmed).3Challenge 4: Logan O'Hoppe — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).4Challenge 5: José Caballero — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).5Challenge 6: Austin Wells — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled ball (upheld — ump confirmed).6Challenge 7: Ryan McMahon — the ump called it a ball, the robot ruled strike (OVERTURNED — ump overruled).7
strike called ballball called strikeABS overturnedABS upheld

The calls that moved the game

  1. 1+0.69▼2 · 3-2 strike called ball
    Randal Grichuk vs Yusei Kikuchi
  2. 2+0.30▼4 · 3-1 strike called ball
    Paul Goldschmidt vs Yusei Kikuchi
  3. 3+0.28▲2 · 1-2 strike called ball
    Jorge Soler vs Will Warren

Run impact from the count run-value table: a missed strike three is worth far more than one on 3-0.

ABS — the Automated Ball-Strike System

7 pitches went to the robots · 4 overturned (ump overruled) · 3 upheld (ump confirmed). This is Hawkeye ground truth, no model involved.

  1. 1Nolan Schanuel — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  2. 2Logan O'Hoppe — ump said strike, robot ruled ball: overturned.
  3. 3Yoán Moncada — ump said strike, robot ruled strike: upheld.
  4. 4Logan O'Hoppe — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  5. 5José Caballero — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.
  6. 6Austin Wells — ump said ball, robot ruled ball: upheld.
  7. 7Ryan McMahon — ump said ball, robot ruled strike: overturned.

Our tracked-rulebook zone matched the ABS ruling on 3 of 7 — a zone-definition gap (ABS grades a standardized, height-based zone), not our error.